{"id":99,"date":"2003-05-27T10:54:04","date_gmt":"2003-05-27T14:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/randthought.com\/wp\/?p=99"},"modified":"2003-05-27T10:54:04","modified_gmt":"2003-05-27T14:54:04","slug":"the-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/randthought.com\/index.php\/2003\/05\/27\/the-green\/","title":{"rendered":"The Green"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After reading Aimee&#8217;s most recent entry, I really thought I was going to be sick.  For those of you who know me, you know the incredible fear and disgust I experience when it comes to rodents of any kind.  I am the one who screams, &#8220;Tree Rat!  Tree Rat!&#8221; when a squirrel scurries (that word even creeps me out) by.  My friends from Huntingdon College know what it&#8217;s like to walk across campus and to hear the rustling of leaves and the crackling of tree limbs as those disgusting little rats scurry all around you.  It&#8217;s like they are coming to get you.  It creeps me out just thinking about it!  I went on a couple of dates with a guy who had a pet squirrel&#8230;too weird for me.  We were at a party at his house, and he had it out and it jumped on my friend&#8217;s head.  I thought she would die; I thought I would die for her.  Aimee talked about opossums&#8230;those really are one of THE most disgusting life forms I have ever seen.  I try to avoid hitting them just because the idea of my car touching them makes me sick.  So, I&#8217;m wondering, what is the purpose of all of these aforementioned animals?  They are not cute, they carry diseases, and they make me sick.  Of course, I must also print my disclaimer that no animals were harmed or will be harmed by me purposely.  I will try my best to avoid hitting them with my car for two reasons:  I don&#8217;t want to kill anything, and I don&#8217;t want rat guts on my car!  <\/p>\n<p>P.S.  I hate morning radio personalities!  I spent 15 of my 20 minute drive to work this morning flipping through all 8 channels which were playing nothing but talk and my &#8220;favorite&#8221; overplayed song by Three Doors Down.  By the time I got to work, I was on the verge of screaming, &#8220;Shut Up!  Shut Up!  Shut Up!!!!!&#8221;  Those who know me and love me are aware of my charming personality first thing in the morning, so you know I&#8217;m serious when I say I was just about to lose it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After reading Aimee&#8217;s most recent entry, I really thought I was going to be sick. For those of you who know me, you know the incredible fear and disgust I experience when it comes to rodents of any kind. I am the one who screams, &#8220;Tree Rat! Tree Rat!&#8221; when a squirrel scurries (that word [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/randthought.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/randthought.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/randthought.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randthought.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randthought.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/randthought.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/randthought.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randthought.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randthought.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}